Chapter 33

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The dazzling lights were radiating from all the nooks and corners of the beautiful farmhouse casting an enchanting spell on everyone. The lavish lawns were beautifully decorated with pink and purple lights along with exotic roses. On the other side was a magnificently decorated stage wherein Samaira was exchanging rings with her fiancé.

The exotic farmhouse echoed with the applause from the guests who were enjoying in the ceremony.

In the crowd, the lovebirds Adhyayan and Anvesha were also present, watching them happily. Clad in a peach colored evening gown, the bride-to-be Samaira was looking like a gorgeous princess.

“She is looking so pretty”, Anvesha said nudging Adhyayan who was looking devilish handsome in a black tuxedo and he simply chuckled.

Pulling Anvesha by her small waist, Adhyayan said, “I have my eyes only for you and this royal blue dress adds beauty to your charm”, and Anvesha blushed.

Anvesha’s stunning evening dress and her signature messy bun was indeed, casting a magical spell and she was looking spectacularly beautiful.

“She is the bride-to-be and she has to steal the show, man!” Anvesha said playfully smacking on his arm and he just chuckled gently kissing on the bare portion of her shoulder lightly as she shuddered in his embrace.

Anvesha was excited tonight to share a special news to her doting boyfriend. After all, she was travelling to Dehradun next week and she wanted Adhyayan to come along with her. She was damn excited to meet his parents after their confession and she was definitely looking forward to the visit. Little did she know that nothing of this sort was going to happen any soon.

Both Anvesha and Adhyayan went together to congratulate the adorable couple on the stage. Exchanging the hug and offering the present, both of them passed on their good wishes to the couple.

“You are lucky to have a gem like her”, Adhyayan said genuinely to Samaira’s fiancé, Piyush Agarwal who seemed to be a humble man.

“Thank you, sir”, Samaira chimed in confidently and Adhyayan felt happy after all, today the dreamy girl was not blushing for him.

After a short interaction, Adhyayan and Anvesha were having their dinner when he told his little secret that the gorgeous bride-to-be had a crush on him and Anvesha just chuckled teasing him real bad.

“I thought you will be green in jealousy”, Adhyayan said on a lighter note looking at pretty Anvesha who was savoring a delicious dessert and teasing him like a teenager.

Anvesha retorted, “It was mere a crush. Moreover, she was a good choice for Mr. Haughty Shoes who couldn’t even acknowledge her”, very casually.

“I wanted to stick with a professional relationship. I was simply not interested in her. I just got interest in my furious cat.” Adhyayan said chuckling at her as a red hue crept on her face.

As both of them got up to leave the place, a beautiful lady of about twenty-six years of age came to them. With vermillion in the partition of her hair and an exquisite wine red dress, the lady was looking stunning.

“Hi, Adhyayan”, she said hugging him while Adhyayan stiffened. His jaws clenched and his dark brown eyes were red in anger. Her dangerous facial features did not go unnoticed by Anvesha. She immediately disliked the disgusting lady who was practically clinging to her angry boyfriend.

“Hey, Sarah. Please leave me.” Adhyayan said practically pushing the lady away from his body.

Taking a deep breath, he said, “And meet my fiancée, Anvesha”, kissing on Anvesha’s forehead leaving her shocked.

Anvesha could definitely sense something was amiss but she planned to play along with her boyfriend. As far as she knew, they weren't engaged officially, still she liked the feeling. Moreover, she could sense butterflies erupting in her stomach while the lady stood stunned.

Sarah meekly nodded and shook her hands with Anvesha. Before Sarah could speak anything, Adhyayan chimed in, “Anvesha, she is Sarah, my schoolmate”.

Though, he spoke politely yet, Anvesha could sense pain in his dark brown eyes. She smiled though, internally she could realize who Sarah was. Being a grown up girl, Anvesha could sense the behavior of Sarah which stated she was just not a schoolmate or friend but much more than that.

It was completely okay for Anvesha as she realized Adhyayan was not interested to talk to his ex-girlfriend.

They chit-chatted for a while and Adhyayan was looking disinterested in the conversation and hence, Anvesha carried on the discourse. Soon Sarah’s husband came looking for her.

“This is my darling husband, Captain Rohit Kapoor from the Indian Army”, Sarah made the introductions emphasizing over the designation and profession of her husband and Adhyayan was controlling his infuriated sigh mentally, regretting to have come to attend the function.

As the couple left, Anvesha wanted to know Adhyayan’s side of story but looking at her furious boyfriend, she did not press on the topic. She felt a bit awkward but she decided to avoid it for the meanwhile.

Wrapping her arms around his torso, Anvesha gently pecked on both of his cheeks and said in a soothing tone, “Let’s leave”.

Adhyayan was moved with pious gesture of Anvesha. He smiled admiring the pure and innocent Anvesha who did not even question about the inappropriate behavior of Sarah, the girl whom he claimed to love six years ago. Letting out a sigh, he mumbled a ‘thank you’ and left towards the parking area.

Anvesha wanted him to speak up but she was disappointed when Adhyayan just ignited the engine and hopped in.

She sat in the car letting out an exasperated sigh as he saw Adhyayan’s white knuckles tightly gripping the steering wheel.

“She was my ex-girlfriend and we had a nasty breakup”, Adhyayan said as he began to drive.

Anvesha, being a curious girl, just true to her name, wanted to know more. It is normal to discuss past relationships especially after we met her few moments ago, she thought. She nodded speaking nothing as Adhyayan furiously drove to her apartment.

Adhyayan, on the other hand, was calming down his nerves as a voice rang in his ears. He was beyond frustrated as that unfateful day flashed in front of his teary vision. He closed his eyes and remembered only a voice speaking, “you are good for nothing”.

Anvesha nudged him and asked him to concentrate on driving. A tear crept from her right eye as she realized that the girl Sarah had a terrible impact on Adhyayan who was chilling out a while ago.

She sighed and patted his shoulder and said, “It’s okay, Adhyayan. Stay calm.”

Adhyayan just nodded and drove calmly trying to remove those painful memories that crossed his mind.
The silence inside was killing Anvesha.

She gathered immense courage and spoke soothingly, “Do you want to share?”

Adhyayan just nodded negatively and said, “I am sorry, I just can’t answer anything right now”.

Anvesha had not expected this answer at all. She realized he was fighting his own memories and mumbled an ‘okay’ not knowing what to say.

She realized she was one unfortunate spouse who just knew a couple of things about her man. She expected transparency in a relationship but when she was denied her right to know about him, she was utterly disappointed.

Trying to change the topic, Anvesha said, “I am going to your hometown next week for interviewing a retired brigadier, Hariprakash Joshi. Would you like to come?”

Adhyayan saw all red as he heard the name. All the unwanted memories flashed in his mind and he shrieked loudly shocking Anvesha. She was visibly afraid at a deplorable loud shriek of otherwise calm Adhyayan.
She did not even know what to do. She was beyond furious by now.

Anvesha could not take it anymore when she heard Adhyayan saying, “Go wherever you want, I don’t want to go anywhere.”

Annoyed beyond anything, Anvesha wondered what was wrong with the man whom she loved.

Taking a deep breath, Anvesha shouted at Adhyayan, “First of all, you are not talking about your nasty ex-girlfriend who was clinging to you like a leech and secondly, you are shouting over me for nothing.”

Adhyayan was startled at her sudden outburst but he was already annoyed at the turn of the events. He spoke nothing amplifying Anvesha’s anger. He continued to drive towards Anvesha’s apartment, which was just a few blocks away, as if nothing had happened.

“Yes, I work instead of clinging on you like that Sarah, and I will go, dammit. I asked you because I thought we could pay a visit to your parents but now I just give a damn about you, Mr. Joshi”, Anvesha yelled at Adhyayan screaming at the top of her shrill voice.

Adhyayan remained unfazed. It was too much for him to handle the encounter with his ex-girlfriend followed by Anvesha’s trip to Dehradun. He had a gut feeling something bad, really bad and nasty was bound to happen.

He sighed at his fate as Anvesha’s voice rang in his ears, “Stop the car, Mr. Joshi.”

Anvesha’s icy blue eyes were reddened in anger, fear, disappointment and sadness. Adhyayan did not react at all and continued to drive as Anvesha bestowed him with angry glares and profanities.

Adhyayan stopped the car in front of her apartment when Anvesha got down and said, “I guess, I am bugging you a lot, Mr. Joshi. It will be better if we end things right here, right now”.

Having said these words, Anvesha turned back to leave but was stopped in her tracks when Adhyayan spoke, “I am sorry for everything, Anvesha. Please stay”.

Anvesha gave him an angry glare and began to walk towards the elevator. Adhyayan followed her quickly and pulled her by her wrist and said with tears in his eyes, “I will tell you everything later. I don’t want to visit my parents. I am sorry.”

Looking at his clearly disturbed face, Anvesha chose to give him space and said, “We will see to it, Mr. Joshi”, as she shrugged her hand from his grip and rushed towards her apartment.

Disappointedly Adhyayan drove furiously to his penthouse, cursing his fate while Anvesha just slumped on her bed crying her guts.

The lovebirds were indeed, hurt beyond repair at the turn of events.

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